“Just like the cell is the structural and functional unit of life. The cell is also the structural and functional unit of disease.”

Functional disease

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any disease in which definite structural changes accompany it.

Organic disease

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Any structural or functional change due to disease.

Lesion

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The identification of a specific disease.

Diagnosis

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Any disease in which the fever accompanying it is either excessively high and or lasts a prolonged period of time. Ex: Rickettsia infections- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - 107 15 - 20 days (2-3 weeks).

Febrile disease

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Disease state which occur at the same time or concurrently with another disease. Often times they are infectious in nature.

Complications

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Alcohol, steroids, poisoning, the exposure of the body to poisonous substances.

Intoxications

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Disease states which occur on second or subsequent exposure to the same allergen.

Allergies

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A forecast of the outcome of a particular disease.

Prognosis

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Subjective manifestation of a disease. They accompany the disease but are not measurable. Pain, headache.

Symptoms

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Objective manifestation of a disease. These are measurable. Vital signs, blood pressure, breathing.

Signs

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Any disease caused by a microorganism.

Infectious disease

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Any disease that occurs every now and then.

Sporadic disease

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Any disease that turns into a worldwide epidemic, flu.

Pandemic disease

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A disease that attacks a large number of people in a short period of time, i.e. chicken pox.

Epidemic

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Any disease that is continuously present i.e. common cold.

Endemic disease

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A set of both signs and symptoms accompanying a disease, i.e. Down’s syndrome (mongolism) SIDS.

Syndrome

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A sudden increase in the severity of a disease. “The patient has made a turn for the worse.” Conditions of patients are rated; good, fair, critical, grave condition. If a patient goes from fair to critical condition